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IN RE ADOPTION OF C.C.G.

762 A.2d 724 (2000)

In re ADOPTION OF C.C.G. and Z.C.G. Appeal of J.C.G. and J.J.G., Support Center for Child Advocates, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., The National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Women's Law Project, Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, et al., Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Biancheria, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Meredith L. Schalick, Philadelphia, amicus curiae.

Before CAVANAUGH, KELLY, POPOVICH, JOHNSON, HUDOCK, FORD ELLIOTT, EAKIN, STEVENS and TODD, JJ.

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the June 18, 1999 order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County denying Appellants J.C.G.'s and J.J.G.'s petition for adoption of C.C.G. and Z.C.G. (hereinafter, referred to as the children). We find that Appellants have not met the requirements of the Adoption Act, as promulgated by the Pennsylvania legislature, and, therefore, we affirm.

¶ 2 The relevant...

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